Last Updated on January 16, 2026 by Kimberly Leszak
Glen Powell is running straight to streaming this week. That’s right, Edgar Wright’s adaptation of Sci-fi classic The Running Man will be available to watch on Paramount+ starting tomorrow, January 13, bringing the latest Stephen King film to the comfort of your couch.
The Powell-led adaptation, which also stars Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, and Lee Pace, joins its predecessor of the same name (starring ‘80s action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger) on Paramount+, making for a perfect back to back movie marathon. Ironically, The Running Man also joins another Powell-led action film available on the streamer: Top Gun: Maverick, which shot the Richard Linklater collaborator and former Scream Queens star into the stratosphere when it premiered in 2022.
This won’t be the last time we see Powell in a horror-adjacent film though, at least for now. He’s also set to star in the upcoming A24 thriller How to Make a Killing, where he stars alongside Margaret Qualley as a disowned member of a wealthy family determined to claim his inheritance by any means necessary — even violent ones.
Directed by Wright from a script he co-wrote with Michael Bacall, The Running Man stays far truer to King’s original novel (published under his Richard Bachman pen name) than the Schwarzenegger film, though this newer version was less of a box office hit. The film — also featuring Michael Cera and Queens of the Dead’s Katy O’Brian — made $68 million globally, with average ratings from most critics. King, however, approved of the adaptation, which is the only stamp of approval we’ll ever need.
The Running Man was just the latest in a long line of King movies and TV shows to be released, accompanying projects like The Long Walk in theaters and IT: Welcome to Derry on HBO Max. Also upcoming is Mike Flanagan’s Carrie series, a film version of his short story Mister Yummy, and a second season of The Institute on MGM+, among many, many others.
The Running Man hits Paramount+ on January 13.
